Fourth Dairy Worker Infected With Bird Flu, but CDC Says Public Risk Still Low
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Amid an ongoing outbreak of bird flu in dairy cows, a fourth case of H5N1 avian flu has been confirmed in another…
Former high jump world champion found dead at cemetery near Pretoria
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A former world high jump champion has been found dead with his body dumped in a field beside a cemetery in south…
Air pollution drives 7% of deaths in big Indian cities: study
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Reading Time: < 1 minute More than seven percent of all deaths in 10 of India’s biggest cities are linked to air pollution, a large study said…
Hurricane Beryl roars by Jamaica after killing at least seven people
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Hurricane Beryl was roaring by Jamaica on Wednesday, bringing fierce winds and heavy rain after the powerful Category 4 storm earlier killed…
Germany’s first Africa-born MP to stand down after racist abuse
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The first Africa-born MP to enter the German parliament has announced he will not be standing in next year’s federal election, weeks…
Sierra Leone Bans Child Marriage, Imposes 15-Year Prison Sentence For Violators Including Parents, Groom, Wedding Guests
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has signed into law a bill prohibiting child marriage, imposing harsh penalties on offenders. Read More
Nigerian Man Arrested In Libya For 'Stabbing Fellow Migrant Worker To Death'
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A Nigerian national has been reportedly arrested by the police in Sabha city, southwestern Libya over the murder of a migrant worker. …
Seven Injured After Collapse Of Two-Storey Building In Lagos
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Reading Time: < 1 minute No fewer than seven people on Wednesday sustained injuries after a newly completed two-storey building collapsed in the Mushin area of Lagos…
India deadly crush blamed on huge overcrowding as death toll passes 120
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Reading Time: < 1 minute About 250,000 people had gathered at the Hindu religious congregation in northern India where 121 people died in a crowd crush, triple…
Newborn babies now have little chance of survival in Gaza, hospital director warns
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Reading Time: < 1 minute On the malnutrition ward at The Kamal Adwan hospital in northern Gaza, babies only days old and often premature, fight for their lives. …